Improvement in pitman-heads



`hold the head in.

`@anni I f Letters Patent No. 107,788, dated September 27, 1.870,

` IMPROVEMENT IN P|TMANHEADS.

` `.Ifhe- Schedule referred ton these Lettera gatent making partof ltheSame.

T, JOEL L.`KRETS1, of Tasten,- in the county of i Waushara, in 1theStateof fWiseonsin, have certain' Improvements 'fin Pitman-Heads, of whiehlinvented `the following isa specification'. Natu'reand Objet ofthelfneentfo `Is to havea pitman-headthat `thepitman Vwill work*` outsideofthe slides, and keep stealyfnnderfa'"quiek motion, and be alwaysimposition,

'Description of tlwdrawng form'inlqnjialrt'oj 4this i Specijcatz'om i lY Figure I is a perspective view of my invention.

` General .Decrzptom A is `the bed-pieces, to be he bolted ontosomepermarient xture. i

B, `the -jaws or slides.

0 C, cap-pieces, bolted` onto the slide-pieces B, to`

These slide-pieces B can be fast- `ened onto bed-pieces A, wit-llboltsand slide-slots, so as to be made adjustable, to `take. in a large orsmall llxead, as may be desired.4 4

. whole, and the D, the part of pitman-head sliding back of the caps "E,jaws to lreceive lthe `top'or end of F, pin, with which to hold the G,jaws to hold the saw.

-the pitmari.

yLheLbed-peCe, jaws, and caps may be alllcast in onevpiece,iif desired,but, in that case, would not be adjustable; or the jaws B and cap C maybefcastA parts D, E, and G maybe made all in either of wrought iron ormalleable ir'on, it'

one piece, `desired.

` Y Claim.

I claim as my inveution- A pitman-head, made with parts A, B, and C,whole or in parts, in combination with the part D, sunken .below caps OC, jaws E, to receive the head of a pitman, and jaws G, to fasten a sawto, said jaws E and G projectingin front ot' caps C O, substantially `asfor the purpose specified. e.

Witnesses: JOEL L. KRETSER.

A. H. RUSSELL, JAGOBQUANT.

pitmanto the jaws.

